All About Cookery a Collection of Practical Recipes Arranged in Alphabetical Order by Beeton Mrs Isabella (6 results)

Hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt and black title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains [viii] [iv] 444 [ii] printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations to most pages and colour plates. Bird's Custard advertisement inside the front cover, Tabasco inside the rear. Rubbing to the spine ends and corners, spine not faded, text block clean without any writings, food stains, or age tanning to the paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOOD [British Cookery].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ward, Lock and Co, new editon. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A brightly illustrated cookery guide from English journalist Isabella Mary Beeton, known as Mrs. Beeton. Illustrated with a folding colour frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A helpful study in household management and cookery, being a collection of hundreds of practical recipes for the home-cook, with sections on soup, fish, joints, poultry, game, pastry, vegetables, dessert, wines, and more. Written by Isabella Mary Beeton, known as Mrs Beeton, an English journalist, editor and writer particularly associated with her first book, the 1861 work "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management". With publisher's advertisements to the front and rear. Dated from the British Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Hinges starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Good. book.

8vo., Sixty-First Thousand, with numerous line illustrations and plans in the text, some light and occasional spotting; original maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt and blocked in black, yellow advertisement endpapers, joints very lightly rubbed, one gathering slightly proud else a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 10pp publisher's catalogue at end, and trade advertisements in the text. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). Two illustrated volumes from Beeton's "All About It" series of household and cookery books. This uniform set offers two classic Mrs. Beeton titles from the "All About It" series, including one on gardening and one on cookery.Arranged alphabetically, they serve as an encyclopedic handbook to recipes, tools, preparation, seasonal guides and more.In the original cloth bindings.Isabella Beeton was an English journalist, editor and writer best known for her 'Book of Household Management', which acted as an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain.Both of the volumes included here are illustrated throughout with in-text engravings, as well as two colour plates to the beginning of 'Cookery'.With eighteen pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Gardening' and fourteen pages of advertisements to the rear of 'Cookery'. In the original cloth binding. Externally, rubbed and bumped, with marks to the boards and damp stains to 'Cookery'. Hinges to 'Gardening' are weak. Internally, generally firmly bound, with last leaf of advertisements torn out to 'Gardening'. With age toning and offsetting to the endpapers and scattered spots of varying degrees throughout. Good. book.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1906. 8vo. Original decorated cloth with gilt title to front cover & spine (edges lightly rubbed). (xiv, 444, iipp.). With folding coloured frontispiece captioned 'Dinner Table Laid for 12 Persons", 3 full-page colour plates, black and white plates, and numerous text-illustrations. Foxing at beginning and end of text which is printed in double-column. Previous owners bookplate on verso of half title-page.